National academy

National academy
A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, and serve as public policy advisors, research institutes, think tanks, and public administration consultants for governments or on issues of public importance, most frequently in the sciences but also in the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in individual disciplines will liaise with or be coordinated by the national academy. National academies play an important organisational role in academic exchanges and collaborations between countries.
The extent of official recognition of national academies varies between countries. In some cases they are explicitly or de facto an arm of government; in others, as in the United Kingdom, they are voluntary, non-profit bodies with which the government has agreed to negotiate, and which may receive government financial support while retaining substantial independence. In some countries, a single academy covers all disciplines. In others, there are several academies, which work together more or less closely; for example, France, where the groups five self-governing Academies, or Australia. In many states, they are organized in academies of science. In the countries of the former Soviet Union, and in the People's Republic of China, the national academies have considerable power over policy and personnel in their areas. There is, however, a growing consensus among international federations of learned academies that bona fide national (or learned) academies need to adhere to certain criteria:
The fellowship is elected, on the basis of excellence, by existing fellows (members)
The number of fellows is restricted either to a total number or to a rate of accretion
The governance of the academy is democratic and "bottom up". The fellowship is the ultimate source of the academy's authority
The academy is independent of government, industry and professional associations. Most, if not all, academies derive some financial support from some or all of these other organisations but this support needs to be given in a manner that does not compromise the academy's independence.
United States
In 1863, President of the United States Abraham Lincoln incorporated the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The affiliated organizations were granted congressional charters to operate under the National Academy of Sciences. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson reincorporated the organization under the National Research Council to foster scientific research emphasizing American industries. Today NASEM is composed of three non-profit member organizations: the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (after 2015; formerly Institute of Medicine (IoM)). The U.S. national academies also serve as public policy advisors, research institutes, think tanks, and public administration consultants on issues of public importance or on request by the government.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom four national academies are the major learned societies of England: the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society. In addition, there are the Learned Society of Wales in Wales and the Royal Society of Edinburgh in Scotland. The UK Young Academy is for young scientists.
List
: Academy of Sciences of Albania
: Armenian National Academy of Sciences
: Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, National Academies Forum
: Austrian Academy of Sciences
: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
: Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium, Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature; see also Academies of Belgium
: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
: Brazilian Academy of Sciences
: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
: Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Canadian Academy of Engineering
: Royal Academy of Cambodia
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: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
: Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities
– Academia Nacional de Ciencias (Costa Rica)
– Académie des sciences, des arts, des cultures d'Afrique et des diasporas africaines
: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
: Estonian Academy of Sciences
: Imperial Academy (former)
: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters is a Finnish-speaking academy, while The Finnish Society of Science and Letters is bilingual. In the field of engineering, the Finnish Academy of Technology is bilingual while the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Finland Swedish-speaking. The Academy of Finland is not an academy in the sense of this article, but the state research funding agency.
: The comprises five academies, including the and French Academy of Sciences.
: Georgian National Academy of Sciences
: Leopoldina
: Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
: Academy of Athens
: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
: The National Academy of Sciences, India; Indian National Science Academy; Indian Academy of Sciences; Indian National Academy of Engineering; Sahitya Akademi; National Bal Bhawan; Lalit Kala Akademi
: Indonesian Academy of Sciences
: Academy of Persian Language and Literature; Academy of Sciences of Iran; Iranian Academy of the Arts; Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences
: Royal Irish Academy
: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
: Accademia dei Fisiocritici (National Academy of Sciences of Siena), for sciences, for Italian language, Accademia nazionale delle scienze (detta dei XL); a general and supreme national academy was the Accademia d'Italia during the Fascist period.
: Japan Academy, Science Council of Japan
: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo
: Latvian Academy of Sciences
: Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
: Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
: Pakistan Academy of Letters, Pakistan Academy of Sciences
: National Academy of Science and Technology
: Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Learning
: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
: The Romanian Academy covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains.
: The Russian Academy of Sciences is the main organising body for fundamental sciences and humanities. There are also five independent specialised national academies: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Russian Academy of Education, Russian Academy of Agriculture Sciences, and Russian Academy of Arts. These are government-funded, but self-governing.
: International Academy of Sciences San Marino
: Royal Society of Edinburgh
: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
: Academy of Science of South Africa
: The Royal Academy is the main reference body for the Spanish language. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando covers the artistic fields; Real Academia de la Historia is the organising body for History; the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences covers the humanities; Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences covers natural sciences and mathematics; Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación covers the field of law.
: National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka
: Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
: Swedish Academy for language, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
(Republic of China): Academia Sinica
: Royal Institute of Thailand
: Turkish Academy of Sciences is funded by the government but maintains autonomy
: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Other state organizations also include National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
: the Royal Society is recognised as the national academy for the sciences, the British Academy for the social sciences and the humanities, the Royal Academy of Engineering for engineering, and the Academy of Medical Sciences for medicine; the UK Young Academy is for young scientists.
: The National Academies of the United States include four organisations: the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the National Research Council (NRC). See also American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Diplomacy, Academy of American Poets, National Academy of Design.
: Pontifical Academy of Sciences
: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Within most countries, the unqualified phrase "National Academy" will normally refer to that country's academy. For example, within the United States, the plural phrase "National Academies" is widely understood to refer to the U.S. National Academies.
See also
Academy of Medicine (disambiguation)
Academy of Sciences
International Science Council
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